Wrong Negotiations Washington and London kick off two weeks of videoconference trade negotiations this week, hoping to reach an agreement this year. The gambit helps gives leverage to Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiations with Brussels while Mr. Trump gets to poke a finger at the Commission. If this were about economics, Washington would instead be negotiating a trade deal with Vietnam where the population is larger, younger and growing faster in terms of international trade. Instead, this is about politics rather than advancing national economic well-being.
ROO Trumps Substantial Transformation The EU and Mexico just reached agreement on a bilateral trade agreement that must now be ratified by their legislatures. That will be diff...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
